Practice Areas
Clean Technology, Life Sciences, Medical Devices, PatentsIndustry & Technical Focus
Biotechnology, Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals
Practice Description
Dr. Trinque, who received training as an organic chemist, assists clients ranging from Fortune 500 to start-ups and universities with chemical and biotechnology related intellectual property matters. His experience includes patent preparation, prosecution, and opinion work. He has extensive familiarity with preparing and prosecuting patent portfolios in all aspects of the chemical arts.
Notable Experience
- Preparing and managing U.S. and international patent portfolios in a variety of technical areas, including small molecules, biologics, synthetic methods, drug delivery compositions, polymers, materials science, and medical devices.
- Preparing patentability, freedom to operate, and invalidity patent opinions.
- Assisting with due diligences related to acquisitions and licenses on behalf of acquirers.
- Receiving his Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry in the laboratory of Professor C. Grant Willson.
- Conducting research in the laboratory of Hiroshi Ito at IBM in San Jose, California.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "Nonobviousness of Chemical Inventions," 240th American Chemicial Society National Meeting & Exposition, August 2010.
- Speaker, "The Patenting Process: From Invention Disclosure to Patent," April 2010.
- Speaker, “Finite Numbers: Identifying Trends in Recent CAFC Pharma Decisions,” February 2010.
- Speaker, "Small Molecule Obviousness: Pre-KSR, Post-KSR, and Looking Ahead," January 2010 and November 2009.
- Contributor to research articles published in Science, Macromolecules, and the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry.
